Video An Aerial View of Piedmont

Turin lives under the sign of Taurus. The first inhabitants had the bull as their emblem. They were Taurinorum Gens (from Latin Language, People of the Taurus) whence Turin. Giorgio de Chirico, Artist
Piedmont, Pied (foot) and mont (mountain), at the foot of the mountain.
The Piedmont is actually at the foot of the mountains: the Alps, to the West on the border with France, in the North on the border with Switzerland, and the Apennines to the South on the border with Liguria, another Italian region.
Piedmont was inhabited by the Celtic-Ligurians people, the Romans who founded Turin, and saw the civilizations of Franks, Byzantines, and Goths.
These various civilizations are always present in the languages of the population of Piedmont with Occitan, French, Waser, inherited from a population of German origin.
The valleys with the presence of the rivers enable a thriving agriculture and on the hills the vineyards produce the wine that is exported all over the world.National Park Gran Paradiso